The Eccentric Family

The four Shimogamo brothers live in Kyoto

The four brothers live with their father’s teachings and distinct personalities.

The truth about Soichirō’s death is discussed

The family looks back on their father’s death with grief and responsibility.

Yasaburō moves between his tanuki family and Kyoto’s human society

Yasaburō travels between family trouble and human life while tracing the memory of his late father.

Vol.TVアニメ第1〜2話 矢三郎が狸の家族と京都の人間社会を行き来する場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 1〜2, using the scene where Yasaburo moves between his tanuki family and Kyoto’s human society and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Yasaburō reunites with Akadama-sensei

Yasaburō moves between tengu and human society, gathering sparks of trouble.

Yajirō returns from the bottom of the well and the family past stirs

Yajirō’s return brings the brothers back to their father’s death and its connection to the Friday Fellows.

Vol.TVアニメ第3話 矢二郎が井戸の底から戻り、父の死をめぐる家族の過去が動き出す場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 3, using the scene where Yajiro returns from the bottom of the well and the family’s past around their father’s death begins to move and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

The Friday Club’s hot-pot gathering approaches

The year-end gathering threatens to repeat the fate surrounding their father.

The tanuki family faces danger over the Friday Fellows’ hot pot

Human and tanuki motives collide, and Yasaburō must accept the consequences of his own recklessness to protect his family.

Vol.TVアニメ第5〜6話 金曜倶楽部の鍋をめぐり、矢三郎たちが人間社会の危機に陥る場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 5〜6, using the scene where Yasaburo and the others face danger in human society over the Friday Club hot-pot gathering and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

The conflict with the Ebisugawa family surfaces

A long feud over succession and Kyoto’s balance begins to move.

The tanuki choose their own ways as summer in Kyoto ends

After the turmoil, the brothers and their mother carry their father’s unfinished relationships into the next season.

Vol.TVアニメ第11〜12話 狸の家族がそれぞれの生き方を選び、京都の夏の騒動が収束する場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 11〜12, using the scene where the tanuki family choose their own ways of living as Kyoto’s summer turmoil settles and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Yasaburō accepts his father’s death as part of the family story

After the turmoil around his father’s death, Yasaburō inherits the family’s history with all its weakness and humor.

Vol.TVアニメ第12〜13話 矢三郎が父の死を家族の物語として受け止める場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 12〜13, using the scene where Yasaburo accepts his father’s death as part of the family’s story and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

The brothers come together as a family

After the turmoil, the brothers choose to live as a family despite their differences.

Yasaburō and his brothers enter another season in Kyoto

Despite the danger that remains between humans and tanuki, the brothers continue their lives in their own places.

Vol.TVアニメ第13話 矢三郎たちが新しい京都の季節を迎え、それぞれの日常へ戻る場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 13, using the scene where Yasaburo and the others enter a new Kyoto season and return to their lives and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗